Mariners Moose Tracks, 10/18/24: David Fry, Shohei Ohtani, and Babe Ruth
The Guardians live! The Mets...not so much.
Good morning everyone and happy Friday! The MLB playoffs continue to consume the news cycle, but we’ve got some offseason speculation mixed in there. Here’s what’s going on around the league.
MLB Playoff Scores...
- The Guardians mounted a dramatic comeback capped by a 10th-inning walkoff homer from David Fry to even the series against the Yankees at 2-2.
- Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts came alive for the Dodgers in a decisive 10-2 win over the Mets to push Los Angeles to the brink of another World Series appearance.
In Mariners news...
- Shannon Drayer sat down with the 710 ESPN Seattle crew to recap the season and how the team should approach the winter market.
Around the league...
- Amanda Lane Cumming commemorated the 100th year anniversary of Babe Ruth’s Pacific Northwest tour, recalling his first stop in Spokane.
- Michael Baumann at Fangraphs wonders what’s going on with Shohei Ohtani this postseason.
- Four members of the ESPN crew made their pitches for why Juan Soto could end up with each of the four current playoff teams come 2025.
- This is pretty nuts!
7 best players in baseball this decade are all playing today.
— Chris Black (@DownToBlack) October 17, 2024
MLB's Most Productive Players
In the 2020s (WAR)
1. Shohei Ohtani 35
2. Aaron Judge 33
3. Juan Soto 27
Jose Ramirez 27
5. Freddie Freeman 26
6. Francisco Lindor 25
Mookie Betts 25 pic.twitter.com/qzhnC8tlQl
- Important stingray news!
Rays Update! The cownose stingrays from @tropicanafield have been safely relocated to The Florida Aquarium’s Stingray Beach habitat! ️
— The Florida Aquarium (@floridaaquarium) October 14, 2024
Despite the stadium’s damage from Hurricane Milton, the stingrays remained safe in their 10,000-gallon home beyond right-center field. pic.twitter.com/OHv39mNjDi